THE BENGAL FILES is a poor fare as it collected 1.35 crore nett on its first day, around 1.85 crore nett on its second day and then around 2.25 crore nett on Sunday. The weekend collections of the are around 5.50 crore nett and this is when the last FILES film, THE KASHMIR FILES, did a business of almost 250 crore nett. The film is banned in West Bengal which would have been its best circuit but its unlikely that a release would there would mean the difference between success and failure.

THE CONJURING: LAST RITES scored an excellent first weekend taking in around 50 crore nett in the first three days. There was a drop on Sunday which does probably mean the film does not have long legs but as with most of the Hollywood films that do well, it will score over the weekends. The business on Sunday is not that great anywhere for Hollywood films as flat business compared to Saturday is par for the course.

The target is still to be the biggest Hollywood grosser of the year which should happen but this drop on Sunday probably makes things a little harder. It has to get through the weekdays with decent collections.

The collections of THE CONJURING: LAST RITES are as follows.

Paid previews - 50,00,000 apprx

Friday - 17,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 17,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 15,25,00,000 apprx

The Hollywood release THE CONJURING: LAST RITES had an outstanding first day as it picked almost 17 crore nett. It is the highest opening day of the year for Hollywood easily beating the numbers of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING. It also collected around 50 lakhs nett on paid previews. The film is a sure sure HIT and its just about how well it can sustain and how big a HIT it becomes.

THE CONJURING 2 sustained superbly well in 2016 but that film had collections at lower levels and nothing like this. The film should get some growth on Saturday but it was Eid on Friday. So, its likely to be limited. This will be the film driving the box office for the next 7-10 days.

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THE CONJURING: LAST RITES was extraordinary on the second day as it collected another 17 crore nett plus to take its two day total including paid previews to almost 35 crore nett. The film is doing fantastically well all over and will easily emerge the biggest Hollywood box office grosser of the year. The target is only 100 crore nett as that is how much films like F1: THE MOVIE and JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH have managed though no doubt the former is the biggest HIT from Hollywood in 2025 till date.

The collections of THE CONJURING: LAST RITES are as follows.

Paid previews - 50,00,000 apprx

Friday - 17,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 17,25,00,000 apprx

THE BENGAL FILES is a poor fare as it collected 1.35 crore nett on its first day and around 1.85 crore nett on its second day giving it two day collections of 3.20 crore nett. The film is banned in West Bengal which would have been its best circuit. But its unlikely that a release would there would mean the difference between success and failure.